out of state college, CA resident, does it make any difference?

Transfer Students UC Transfers
1

<p>Someone I know is applying to UCLA from a 4 year school out of state but is a California resident...is there any advantage left for being a resident as a transfer? I know it hurts not coming from a CCC or another UC, but what about the residency issue?</p>

2

<p>I think for purposes of admission, he will not receive any advantage over other OOSers.</p>

3

<p>I'm pretty sure he will be considered OOS for admission purposes. The only advantage he might have is not having to pay OOS tuition.</p>

4

<p>Tell your buddy to join the club,</p>

<p>I'm a CA resident but I'm going to school out of country not just out of state. So he's probably in a better position than me. I didn't apply to UCLA but it seems like it's tough no matter where you come from. I did get accepted to Santa Cruz so it's obviously not impossible, and before all you people start spouting off how easy it is to get into Santa Cruz, take into consideration that their out of state admission rate is only 14% (or 20% I forget but it's low).</p>

<p>I personally think the priority for acceptnace is as follows:</p>

<p>CCC --> UC --> other in state school --> Out of state (CA residents) --> out of state --> Out-of-country schools (moi)</p>

<p>however, it all depends on your GPA and ECs as well. If you're from Oxford (not me) with a 4.0 gpa and other relevant ECs I'm sure you'll get accpeted over the 3.7 CCC GPA or even 3.9 out of state GPA student. Maybe I'm wrong but I'm probably right.</p>

<p>It all depends on what you have to offer and how interesting your application looks. I think schools like UCLA and Berkeley place more emphasis on that than places like UCSD. Which is sad becuase that's where I want to go.</p>

<p>Tell your friend good luck, he's gonna need it.</p>

5

<p>
[quote=<a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/adminfo/transfer/advising/answers/practices.html#6"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/adminfo/transfer/advising/answers/practices.html#6&lt;/a&gt;]

UCLA
International applicants (students in non-immigrant status) who have been attending a California community college are reviewed based on the academic criteria for community college applicants. However, UCLA gives priority to residents of California and so is able to accommodate few F-1 visa students.

[/quote]
</p>

<p>From what I understand, the UCs are required by their charter to educate a certain number of, or give preference to California residents. Maybe all that preference will be absorbed by CCC, UC, and CSU transfers, but there is a mandated preference for California residents.</p>